Fluorine-doped tin oxide catalyst for glycerol conversion to methanol in sub-critical water

Samad, Wan Zurina and Goto, Motonobu and Kanda, Hideki and W., Wahyudiono and Nordin, Norazzizi K. and Kin Hong, Liew and Yarmo, Mohd Ambar and Yusop, Muhammad Rahimi (2017) Fluorine-doped tin oxide catalyst for glycerol conversion to methanol in sub-critical water. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 120 (2). pp. 366-378. ISSN 0896-8446

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Abstract

In this study, a method for the catalytic conversion of glycerol to methanol in sub-critical water (subCW) is proposed. Glycerol conversion to methanol using the subCW method is a new attempt to the best of the authors's knowledge and this process was compared with the conventional hydrogenolysis method. For the first time, fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) was applied as a novel heterogeneous catalyst for the conversion of glycerol to methanol. The sub-critical reaction was conducted under optimal and mild conditions at a reaction temperature of 300 °C, reaction time of 30 min, and at a low pressure sufficient to maintain the liquid phase. Initial feedstock (glycerol) concentration and catalyst amount of 20 wt% and 0.01 g respectively, were utilized and glycerol conversion and methanol selectivity were measured using gas chromatography-flame ion detector (GC-FID) analysis. Optimum glycerol conversion of ∼80% was achieved, with methanol as the major product with a selectivity of ∼100%. The subCW method can also be applied for extraction processes as well as biomass conversion by optimizing some parameters such as reaction time, catalyst amount, reaction temperatures, and catalyst cyclability.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7639/57636
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sub-critical water, Fluorine-doped tin oxide, Glycerol conversion, Methanol, Heterogeneous catalyst, Biomass
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science
Depositing User:	Dr Wan Zurina Samad
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2017 10:15
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2018 10:02
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/57636

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